Using Facebook as a Data Source and Platform for e-Researching Social Networks

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dc.contributor.authorAckland, Robert
dc.coverage.spatialManchester UK
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:30:27Z
dc.date.createdJune 18-20 2008
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T10:01:48Z
dc.description.abstractSocial networking services (SNS) such as Facebook and Orkut enable new research into the role of individual characteristics in friendship patterns and the diffusion of tastes in social networks. This paper assesses the opportunities and challenges posed by SNSs for empirical research into online social networks. It is argued that SNSs may eventually provide platforms for delivering social network analysis e-Research tools, and a prototype tool built using the OpenSocial API is presented. MyExperiment has been described as "Facebook for scientists"; this paper contends that that SNSs such as Facebook may eventually be described as "GridSphere for e-Social Scientists".
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/55095
dc.publisherESRC National Centre for e-Social Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Conference on e-Social Science 2008
dc.sourceProceedings of International Conference on e-Social Science 2008
dc.titleUsing Facebook as a Data Source and Platform for e-Researching Social Networks
dc.typeConference paper
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage8
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationAckland, Robert, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4026213@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidAckland, Robert, u4026213
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160899 - Sociology not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9406909xPUB318
local.identifier.doi10.1.1.507.1063
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9406909
local.type.statusPublished Version

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